Idaho sheep ranchers couldn't figure out why, in the decade after World War II, a random batch of their lambs were being born with strange birth defects.

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That doesn't mean that its workers are sheep.

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"I don't know if androids dream of electric sheep, but I've certainly been losing a lot of sleep over Google's Android, " laments programmer David N.

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All true, but Buttonwood can't help feeling nonetheless that many pundits have cried sheep once too often.

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It could if more tax evasion revelations affecting members of the government were to come out but it probably won't if it acts swiftly and Cahuzac remains the only black sheep on the horizon.

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Even when wet, a Golden Retriever scarf doesn't smell any more like dog than a typical wool sweater smells like sheep, she says.

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The National Farmers Union - which is supporting the campaign - estimates around half of the 80, 000 sheep farms across the country could close if the new rules aren't changed.

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